await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
had been awaiting
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past perfect progressiveof await.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ellison had been awaiting regulatory approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
Mr Fonseca and his co-accused had been awaiting a verdict in the trial and he could have faced up to 12 years in prison if found guilty.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds - accusations he has repeatedly denied.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
She had been awaiting transfer to a prison in her native Russia.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
She smiled, and that was certainly an omen—the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
